Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology · Washington : G.P.O. · leaf 145
ches above the floor level. The corners were rounded and in the center was a single circular concave basin 23 inches in diameter and nearly 4 inches deep at the center. A close-up of this basin or altar is shown in plate 132, 6, with other similar basins shown for comparisons. The altar was placed… … MOUND 2 FEATURE 8 revealed that the altar was built up of clay plastered over a depres- sion in the primary floor. When the primary floor was carefully swept off with whisk- brooms, a definite impress of split-cane matting was revealed. This cane formed a broad border along each wall, as shown in…
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